CHOW MEIN WITH FRIED GINGER SEITAN

CHOW MEIN

with fried ginger seitan

This is one of my boyfriend favourite dinner recipes:) Its just chow mein but its legit! Super nutritious and easy to make. You can put tons of different kinds of vegetables. Its a fun meal to make. Heres a list of veggies that go great in chow meins: carrots, celery, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, bok choy, kale, onion, garlic, ginger, cabbage, tomatoes, mushrooms and peppers. The list goes on! Have fun experimenting with different veggies and serve it to your friends:) It's a great meal to make for having lots of people over because you can make so much for so cheap! Or free if you have an awesome garden;)

Its all about the sauces with this. I love these.

Here's a link to San-J 

Here's a link to Everland

When I'm making this recipe I love using hon's fried seitan. Its 100% vital wheat gluten so kind of like my sweet n sour balls but much more subtle for a chow mein recipe. Its also made in Vancouver. I love local!

RECIPE

4 CLOVES GARLIC, MINCED

1 SMALL PIECE OF GINGER, DICED

HALF AN ONION, CHOPPED

HANDFUL OF OYSTER MUSHROOMS,CHOPPED

HALF A YELLOW PEPPER, SLICED

ONE HEAD OF BROCCOLI

4 CABBAGE LEAVES

HANDFUL OF BOK CHOY

1 PACKAGE WHEAT NOODLES

GINGER GARLIC SEITAN

1 PACKAGE OF HONS FRIED SEITAN

1 SMALL PIECE OF GINGER, DICED

2 CLOVES GARLIC, MINCED

2 TEASPOONS CANOLA OIL

2 TABLESPOONS TERIYAKI

1 TABLESPOON SWEET N SOUR

STEPS

Cut up your garlic, ginger and onion. Get a frying pan ready with some canola oil. *or whatever you prefer to fry in  Put to medium heat. Saute those vegetables for 5 minutes. While those are frying being to cut all your other vegetables. This recipe works great if you leave all your vegetables fairly large after they are cut. Slice them into nice big pieces. Add the rest of your vegetables*i love using oyster mushrooms because it really adds to the flavour of the dish. They have a sort of fishy kinda taste so if you don't like that use crimini or pearl! Fry them with a bit of soya sauce for 10 minutes. Stir frequently.

Now that those are frying its time to get your seitan ready! Get a small frying pan ready on medium heat with some oil. Add your garlic and ginger first with a little bit of teriyaki sauce. Fry for 2 minutes. Then open your bag of seitan and add it to the pan. Pour more teriyaki and sweet and sour sauce on top and fry for 5 minutes. Flip, then fry for another fry minutes or until seitan is brown and crispy. Be careful not to overdone them though they are much better chewy. Make sure to be stirring them while you are frying as well.

Prepare a pot with water for making your noodles. Add water according to how much you'd like to make. Bring to a boil then add your noodles and reduce to low-med heat for 5-8 minutes. Stir the noodles while they boil.

Once your noodles are finished your veggies should be done and you can drain your noodles to serve! Add some soya sauce on the noodles for extra flavour. 

Enjoy healthy living!